Re: apt-get/yum like dependency installation in autotool

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Rudra Banerjee <address@hidden> wrote:
> I don't  know if this is asking too much from autotools, but is it anyway 
> possible to install missing dependency files via autotools?
> say, in my program, I use libsoup as
> #include <libsoup/soup.h>
>
> is it possible for autotools to install libsoup if it is missing?

offhand, I'd say that's beyond the scope of autotools,
and belongs in a layer just above it.